Ellen DeGeneres Tweets Vs Ban Donald Trump Finding Dory

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While millions of Americans were out protesting a travel ban that seems targeted at Muslims, provided they don't live in countries where President Trump does business, Donald Trump was watching Finding Dory. Ellen DeGeneres, the film's star, has not been a friend to Donald Trump. She then took to Twitter to let the world know that she doesn't support our new president's executive order.

For me, America is great because of all the people who came here. Not in spite of them. #NoBan
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 29, 2017

P.S. My grandparents were immigrants. The woman making us pizza right now is Muslim. And I'm grateful for all of them. #NoBan
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 29, 2017

The rest of Twitter was similarly taken aback by Donald Trump's choice of film. Particularly, the commentariat noted that Trump's film choice was about the negative consequences of separating children from family. Here's the dictionary definition of irony.

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FUN FACT: the first movie that Jimmy Carter screened in the White House was ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN. Trump's first movie: FINDING DORY
— priscilla page (@BBW_BFF) January 29, 2017

Odd that Trump is watching Finding Dory today, a movie about reuniting with family when he's preventing it in real life.
— Albert Brooks (@AlbertBrooks) January 29, 2017

At 3pm, Trump is hosting a screening of Finding Dory, a movie about what happens when you're separated from your family.

Let that sink in.
— Alex Zalben (@azalben) January 29, 2017

Many were surprised that Trump chose to start tweeting about World War III immediately after exiting the film. It's unclear why he made that specific choice. That represents a major cognitive leap at the very least.

The President of the United States is watching Finding Dory and tweeting about starting World War III. Just a normal Sunday.
— Jeff Marlow (@jeffmarlow) January 29, 2017

President of the United States takes a break from watching Finding Dory to subtly threaten us with World War III via his twitter account. https://t.co/S0SVx6xiQZ
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) January 29, 2017

Afterwards, Trump released a statement on the ban. Read that statement below.

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